Social and professional support for pregnant and parenting women

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 371-376

  Logsdon, M Cynthia ^a   Davis, Deborah Winders ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b West Indies

Author keywords

Professional support; Social support; Support intervention outcomes

Indexed keywords

AGE; CANADA; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDLINE; NURSING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCINFO; PUERPERIUM; RACE; REVIEW; SAMPLE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOLOGY; STRESS; THEORY; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARENTING; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0642369740     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005721-200311000-00008     Document Type: Review

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